To Begin…

Welcome to Mel’s Curiosity Shoppe! I’m an educator who loves designing jewellery with quirky, unusual slants – why be boring? This is a little hobby I indulge in to keep stress levels down

All prices listed are currently in Singapore dollars. Accepted methods of payment include POSB/DBS/UOB ATM/I-banking and Paypal for international buyers. Meet-ups (local) are available at specific locations and times only.

To order, either comment on the sales post or email me at paigealexis@gmail.com !

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Action for Singapore Dogs is my adopted charity for 2009. Part proceeds from all sales will go towards sponsoring a dog’s care at the shelter.

What’s new in the Shoppe

New necklaces!

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THE WISE OWL

DRAGONFLY DANCING

SECRET GARDEN OF BUTTERFLIES

CALL OF THE SEA

GLORIOUS DESCENT

Holiday sale and Babazaar

Print the flyer below to get 10% off your order at the Peranakan Babazaar (don’t you just LOVE saying that word??), part of the Peranakan Festival celebrations.

Details of Babazaar:

28-29 November, SMU Concourse

11am – 6pm

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Holiday Charm

Celebrate Christmas with these nifty and whimsical Christmas bookcharms!

At only $10 each or $27 for 3 – perfect for bosses, colleagues, friends, relatives or yourself!

View details at the Bookcharms Section.

 

Happy holidays!

Vintage cameo collection

Absolutely gorgeous vintage cameos in silvertone and brass. I love the Alice pendants especially!

Matching pewter charm earrings are available, and these make a fantastic gift set. Each gift set will be boxed up.

More designs available (though not featured) – Little Miss Muffet, Bo Peep, etc. Email paigealexis@gmail.com for queries.

Check out these designs at Quirky Chic!

What’s new in the Shoppe

A new collection of Peranakan necklaces – it really puts my creativity to the test to play around with these filigrees, and come up with designs that will go with sarong kebayas as well as other outfits!

The long hiatus from making anything Peranakan (since 2007/2008!) appeared because I received feedback that the brass pieces tarnished after some use, and I felt that it wasn’t right to keep selling them. I had the idea of using glaze to ’seal’ the brass after I got it to an optimum shine, so that the brass wouldn’t tarnish (or, would take a much longer time to do so). So I did research on the internet which basically confirmed my theory, and went in search for proper metal glazes to use – went to Spotlight, Art Friend, Home Fix… yes, seemingly easy places to get to, but time hampered me (teaching graduating classes and all). After months of research (!) and experimentation with different types of glazes, I finally found one that works to my satisfaction and tadaaah! I can produce great brass pieces that won’t tarnish easily, and just in time for the Peranakan Festival!

These necklaces, among others, will be officially launched at Babazaar – if you’re keen on one of these designs, email me to reserve it before it gets sold!

Visit My Peranakan Roots for more details!

Nonya

Refer-A-Friend

As a gesture of appreciation for everyone who’s ever supported my creative endeavours, for every friend you refer this month (2 Nov – 30 Nov) who purchases necklaces/earrings/bracelets, YOU will get $10 off your next purchase (no minimum amount), redeemable within 30 days of your friend’s purchase. It’s a great opportunity to kick-start your Christmas shopping!

Here’s how it works:

1) You refer a friend
2) Your friend makes a purchase of ANY necklace/earrings/bracelet (*payment needs to be in for the transaction to count)
3) Your friend in her order email states your name and contact details as the referee (email address AND handphone number)
4) I contact you via email or sms to inform you of your $10 complimentary store credit
5) You make your purchase, inform your next friend and get another $10 store credit, and the fun starts all over again!

Rules:
*Refer as many friends as you like! You will get $10 store credit for each friend who makes a purchase. If you refer 10 friends who all purchase items, you get $100 store credit! Wow!
*The purchase made by your friend MUST be full priced necklaces/earrings/bracelets only. There is no minimum/maximum amount your friend can spend.
*Up to 3 Friends’ discounts may be used on any one purchase. E.g #1. if you have $30 of store credit, you can choose to use it all at one shot, or split it between a number of purchases (that’s like a free necklace!). Eg #2. If you have $50 of store credit, a maximum of $30 can be redeemed against your next purchase, and the remaining $20 can be redeemed on your next purchase.
*All store credit must be redeemed within 30 days of your friend’s purchase.
*The store credit cannot be used for postage and handling charges.
*This fabulous deal can only be found online and is not applicable to physical sales at bazaars, the Coalition Store or Shopdevie.com.

If you have any queries do feel free to email me and ask

All Hallows’ Eve

I spent Saturday at the Fashionista 4 Halloween Special at SMU, which turned out to be a little of a disappointment, as sales weren’t particularly strong in the second half of the day. Still, the day wasn’t entirely wasted – D stayed the whole day and the sweetheart didn’t even complain! I made two new necklaces, and met up with Geraldine from Belle Maison, one of the vendors from the first Dempsey Road flea market I went for. She was wearing the necklace she purchased from me the last time, which was nice – I love seeing people wear my designs because it somehow validates me as a DIY artist! Also, a shout out to Sharon, who made her way down with a friend to buy some of my designs All of you are the reason why indie designers like myself still exist! So thank you very much.

Some pieces which are new – apologies for the poor res and dimness, but you get the idea!

This turned out looking slightly Indian-inspired, though the initial design was to make it seem like the couple were floating atop clouds. It had lots of good reviews though!

Inspired by the vintage brass carousel in the longer necklace – this dual- strand necklace  is kitschy and quirky!

Some of the new (ha,ha) vintage pendants imported from Europe – featuring Alice in Wonderland mainly. They have a raised glass dome that magnifies the pictures and makes them look slightly 3D! These are going to go at $20-$25, most likely.

I think I still have a lot to learn about catering to the right crowd – this time, the only pieces on display were the Signature Wirework and a small selection of Quirky Chic – with bracelets and earrings too – and I guess most of my prices aren’t entirely suitable for the tertiary crowd! I’m not sure if it would have been more effective setting up a stall of second hand clothes and books but the thought of lugging everything down in a number of suitcases is quite daunting, especially if sales aren’t guaranteed. Still, it’s something to consider as the rental isn’t all that high, so I could take two stalls in future.

Meantime, it’s All Saints Day today, so off I go to fulfil my Catholic duties!

What’s new in the shoppe

Finished updating the latest designs all round!

Necklaces

Earrings

Rings

Enjoy shopping!

Shop away!

Slowly updating the Rings section – do check it out here: http://melscuriosityshoppe.wordpress.com/rings/

Visit the Necklaces section to consider the beautiful new designs as well: http://melscuriosityshoppe.wordpress.com/necklaces-new/

Happy shopping!

Flea market stall at Changi Airport

Very last minute, but thought I’d take this up for fun! Do drop by if you can! Am doing the first two days – 10&11 Oct!